View looking from the bank of the Schuylkill River showing the mansion built circa 1799 for Henry Pratt known as Lemon Hill in the distance. Also shows men fishing from the riverbank and a rowboat sailing across the Schuylkill., Title from manuscript note on recto., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 624, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Parks and Squares - F [(3)1322.F.130b]
Advertisement for the machine manufacturer containing a series of vignettes and descriptions of company products. Shows power looms; a "dye frame for dying six warps"; a "30 spindle bobbin winding machine"; "vertical cone & cradle indigo mills, for crushing indigo, etc."; "new style' beaming machines"; and couplings, post hangers, pulleys, and a pillow block. Also contains a chart of "Change Pinions for Regulating the number of Picks on Goods, with Positive Take-up Motion" and advertising text about shafting, gearing, and pulleys. Fairmount Machine Works was established in 1839 by John and Thomas Wood as a manufactory of power looms and other textile machinery., Various artists including Rea & Sharp, Klein, and Longacre Co., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 233
Creator
Longacre & Co.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries - F [P.2004.43]
Stock certificate for the railroad chartered in 1850 as the Chester Valley Railroad Company. Contains central vignette showing a train, including a "U.S. Mail" car, traveling through countryside. A steamboat travels on a river in the background. Company reincorporated as Philadelphia and Chester Valley Railroad company in 1888. The train operated between Philadelphia and Downingtown., Pictorial details printed above title labeled "Number 191" and "Shares.", Contains ornamental border. Printed within border: Shares $50 Each., Transfer agreement printed in letterpress on verso. Includes monogram "L.S.", Reissue statements dated "188_" printed on flap., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Allen, Lane & Scott partnered by 1875.
Date
[ca. 1888]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.180]
Membership certificate for the German Society of Pennsylvania, the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. Contains a vignette showing the Pennsylvania coat of arms, and an ornamental border., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 51, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 354
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 354
Membership certificate probably for a German brewing society. Includes a decorative border containing a portrait of King Gambrinus, the parton saint of beer and a universal symbol of beer and brewing; female allegorical figures representing hops and barley; a fermenter flanked by lions; and urns of flowers. Gambrinus portrait shows the king seated in front of a row of kegs and holding a goblet of beer. Allegorical figures shown as peasant girls holding a bale of barley and a stalk of hops., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 88, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 356
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 356
Membership certificate for the German-American choral society. Includes an ornamental masthead containing a harp, laurel leaves, and a scroll. Also includes the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 249, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 358
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 358
Membership certificate for the German-American choral society. Includes an ornamental masthead containing a harp, laurel leaves, and a scroll. Also includes the coat of arms of Pennsylvania. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 359
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 359
Membership certificate for the German-American choral society founded in 1852. Includes an ornamental border and vignettes. Vignettes depict a Grecian-attired female with harp; an American eagle grasping a harp and a banner marked with the establishment date of the society; the female allegorical figure of music holding a harp, laurel wreath, and attended by a cherub displaying a sheet of music on a pillow; and a view of the society's hall at the N.W. corner of Sixth and Vine streets. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: **NB 1 75 - 403
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP **NB 1 75 - 403
Advertisement containing examples of vignette views and genre scenes executed by the Philadelphia lithograph firm. Views include "Palo Alto Iron Company's Works" in Pottsvile (est. in 1854); a tropical farm; small and industrial towns; and a hill-side village. Genre scenes show two young girls on promenade, and a mother with her child seated on her lap. Decorative elements adorn the upper corners. Leonhardt & Son was a partnership established circa 1874 between Theodore Leonhardt and his son Arno. The firm continued to operate into the early 20th century., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 88
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - L [P.2002.27]
